Insole-smoothing implement for shoes.



H. E. MAINE.

INSOLE SMOOTHING IMPLEMENT r011 SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED MA}. 8; 1912. I

1 ,036, 1 2-9, Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

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COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH CO, WASHINGTON D UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIfiE.

HERBERT E. MAINE, 0F PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

INSOLE-SMOOTI-IING IMPLEMENT FOR SHOES.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERBERT E. MAINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Insole-Smoothing Implements for Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention, which may be termed an insole smoothing implement for shoes, relates to a device employed for cutting or abrading the inner projecting ends of pegs, nails, rough places, or other abnormalities from the upper surface of the insoles of shoes, the device, when in use, serving at the same time to smooth the thus actedupon interior surface of the shoe, all as will be more fully hereinafter set "forth and claimed.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the insole smoothing implement embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view, corresponding to'Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a trans verse sectional view, taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal central sectional view of the head or main member.

A, in the drawings, indicates my improved insole smoothing or shoe implement, as a whole; the same consisting essentially of the curved head B, a convex abrading member, or tile, ,1, removably secured to the base or lower face a of the head, and asuitably handled shank fixed in the rear end or heel part of the head and extending upwardly at an angle therefrom.

The head member B of my improved insole smoother has a curved form both longitudinally and transversely, and is made of suitable metal, as cast iron. I prefer to make its surface smooth and bright, so as to avoid any liability of injuring the interior of the shoe whenthe implement is being used. The body extends from the rounded heel part a u toward the front in a gradually tapering curved form, and terminates in the well-rounded toe o The bottom face of the head B has a curved or rocker form, with respect to a base line m; the major portion of the face is recessed Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 8, 1912.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

Serial No. 682,407.

(see a to receive a short curved file f; the forward end 7 of the file is beveled or otherwise adapted to fit and interlock with the correspondingly shaped transverse groove formed in the underside of the toe part o The opposite end of the file is or may be secured to the recessed part of the head by a screw 8 or other suitable means.

The file is somewhat narrower than the head B, thereby producing at the bottom on each side thereof a laterally projecting flange part 0? having rounded outer edges 6. The lower edges of the file itself may be slightly rounded, as at f, Fig. 3, thereby enabling the user to tip the implement slightly in order to smooth the leather or stock adjacent the seam without liability of cutting or abrading the lining or upper and insole portion lying contiguous to the shoes welt. The underside of the front end a is substantially flush with the files teeth at that point; if desired, the teeth immediately contiguous to the plain, smooth surface may be ground oil or reduced in depth, as indicated at P, Fig. 2.

In order to adapt the implement to be readily manipulated, it is provided with an arm or shank 72 secured in the heel thereof, and having the outer end of the shank fixed in a handle it.

The device, when in use, is capable of being manipulated back and fort-h in the shoe; when employed for cutting or filing away the inner ends of nails or other obstructions the implement is tipped up or down with respect to the base line m and also with respect to the location of the obstruction it is desired to remove. The device is adapted to be employed interiorly with equal facility along the right and left sides of the shoe and the toe portion; in fact, it is capable of engagement with the entire area of the insole, both as a cutting and smoothing implement. It is also capable of being employed with equal success in shoes varying in size, as for example, from a babys shoe to shoes of maximum size.

I claim In an implement of the character described, the combination of a polished head member having a longitudinally extending dle-carrying stem secured to the heel end of upwardly curved arcuate form gradually the device, for the purpose set forth. 10 increasing in depth or thickness rearwardly In testimony whereof I have affixed my from its point to the heel, and having the signature in presence of two Witnesses.

form of the head cross-sectionally plano- HERBERT E. MAINE. convex, a bent file fixed t0 the underside of WVitnesses:

said head provided With relatively fine di- GEO. H. REMINGTON,

agonally arranged cutting teeth and a han- CALVIN H. BROWN.

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